Community antibiotic consumption in the European Union/European economic area: late-pandemic rebound and seasonality analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A rebound in antibiotic consumption has been observed in the European community at the end of the COVID-19 pandemic. Here we evaluate the extent of this increase, when it exactly occurred, and how the seasonality in antibiotic use changed during the late-pandemic period.

Methods

Data on community antibiotic consumption were available from the European Surveillance of Antimicrobial Consumption Network for 28 European countries between 2015 and 2022. Antibiotic consumption was expressed as defined daily doses per 1000 inhabitants per day (DID). The evolution in antibiotic use was investigated using non-linear changepoint mixed models for quarterly and yearly data.

Results

An increase in overall antibiotic consumption was found in Europe between 2021 and 2022,

SUBMITTER: Vermeulen H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11526539 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature